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W. B. CURTIS &'W. I-I. HUNTLEY.

SHEET METAL Roo-EINE, CEILING, 0E SID-ING.

No. 407,772. July so, 1887 WI TJV ESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VALLACE B. CURTIS AND VILLIAM H. HUNTLEY, OF POMEROY, ASSIGNORS OFONE-THIRD TO COLONEL ELLSVORTH BRIGHT, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

SHEET-METAL ROOFING, CEILING, OR SIDING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 4Q'7,'772, dated July30, 1889.

Application filed February 28, 1889. Serial No. 301,449. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it muy concern:

Be it known-that we, WALLACE B. CURTIS and WILLIAM H. HUNTLEY, citizensof the United States, residing at Pomeroy, in the county of Meigs andState of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSheet-Metal Roofing, Ceiling, and Siding; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same,

Io reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of thisspecification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked there-Figure l of the drawings is a perspective I5 view of our improvedsheet-metal roofing with one of the rooting-sheets in a raised positionto show the position of the anchor when secured in place;l Fig. 2, asimilar view of the two roofing-sheets connected together and the .2ospring-clamp in position over the joint; Fig.

3, a detail plan view of the anchor.

The present invention has for its object to provide a strong and durablejoint for the sheet-metal roofin g that will prevent the pos- 2 5sibility of the driving rains, melting snows,

dac., from penetrating the joint, and also providing means for securelyholding one of the roofing-sections to the roof of building, whichobjects we attain by the construction substan 3o tially as shown in thedrawings, and hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, A B represent two sections of sheet-metalrooting having their meeting ends pressed out by suit- 3 5 ablemachinery, as shown, with the cap aand side grooves b c, the innerportion of the grooves forming ribs d, so that those of the overlappingsheet or roof-section will fit the grooves of the adjacent sheet orroof-section 4o under it. Y

The cap, with its ribs, as above described, is sprung over the cap ofthe roofing sheet or section A, the ribs of sheet or section B snuglyfitting the grooves of the sheet or section A,

the two caps being held in position by thek spring-clamp C, which issprung over the joint and pressed into the roofing metal between thestraps e of the anchor D, thus preventing the clamp from slipping orworking out of place on the joint, as the inner edges 5o of the strapsform shoulders against which the edges of the clamp abut. The section Ais held to roof of building by lneans of the anchor D, and, aspreviously described, has straps e, of sufficient length to bend overthe cap of said roofing-section and press it into the grooves thereof,after which the anchor is suitably fastened by nailing or otherwise tothe roof, as shown in Fig. l, and the end f thereof turned up and downover the heads 6o of the nails or other fastenings, as shown in dottedlines, Fig. l, and then hammered down in place as a protection to thefastenings. After this has been accomplished the roo'tin gsection B issecured in place and securely held in position by the clamp C, aspreviously described. The roofing-sheets are preferably constructed ofsheet ir'en or steel, spring-steel being the mest desirable metal fromwhich the clamps are made. 7o

Having now fully described our invention, what we claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination, with sheet-Inetal-roofing sections having caps a andgrooves l) c, of the spring-clamp C, adapted to be sprung' over thejoint of the rooting, with its ends engaging in the grooves thereof,substantially as and for the purpose described.

.2. The combination, with the sheet-metal- 8o roofing sect-ions, of theanchorD,having straps e, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. The rooting-sections having caps with side grooves, as shown, incombination with WALLACE B. CURTIS. WILLIAM II. I-IUNTLEY.

IVitnesses:

WALTER E. HYsELL, A. W. SCHRIEBER.

